MOREHEAD STATE EAGLES
Sunday, December 18, 2011 - Noon
Morehead, Ky. - Johnson Arena
On the Air: WLFP 1550 AM
Audio Streaming: www.rmucolonials.com
Adam Gusky, play-by-play
Live Video: www.ovcsports.tv
Live Stats: www.msueagles.com
The Game
The Robert Morris University Colonials (7-2, 2-0 Northeast
Conference) return to the hardwood after an eight-day layoff when they travel
to Morehead, Ky., to take on the Morehead State Eagles (2-8) in a Noon game
Sunday, Dec. 18. Robert Morris suffered its second loss of the season in its
last game at Lehigh and are now 0-2 in road games while boasting a perfect 7-0
mark in home and neutral site contests.
Musket Shots
- Robert Morris is 25th in the latest Collegeinsider.com
Women's Mid-Major Top 25
- The Colonials are off to the best start in team history,
tying the 1981-82 and 1983-84 teams that started 7-2
- Artemis Spanou has back-to-back double-doubles and is 31st
nationally averaging 10.0 rebounds
- Briannica Tye is 13th nationally in steals (3.8) and 35th in
assists (5.2)
- Senior Mary Durojaye recorded her 600th career rebound
against Lehigh
- The Colonials are 83-19 (.814) at home since the 2004-05
season
- Robert Morris has outshot and outrebounded all but one
opponent - Lehigh.
- The Colonials are 16th nationally in three-point defense
holding opponents to 22.6 percent
- RMU boasts players from six different countries and seven
players from outside the U.S.
Collegeinsider Mid-Major Top 25
The Colonials have been ranked in the Collegeinsider.com
Women's Mid-Major Top 25 in each of the past two weeks, slipping one spot from
#24 last week to #25 this week. RMU received votes in the previous two week's
polls before making its first appearance at #24 in the Dec. 6 poll.
The Series vs. Morehead State
The Colonials and Morehead State have won just once before.
the Colonials suffered a one-point, 58-57, loss to the Eagles at the Sewall
Center on Dec. 20, 2009. In that game, RMU nearly erased a late second half
deficit, outscoring Morehead State 11-2 over the final 2:27.
